The Blackboard Buyout and the Wisdom of Open Web Standards
As part of our LMS Evaluation, we’ve investigated concerns around Instructure’s viability and longevity as a business. Recent events surrounding Blackboard should lead us...
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July 8, 2024
Adaptive and “Pseudo-adaptive” LMS Feedback
Whenever we build a one-size-fits-all learning experience for all students to move through independently, we should think about how the learner will get personalized...
June 6, 2024
Save The Planet! A Modern WebQuest
This post describes how I created a WebQuest using modern eLearning authoring tools, AI content generation, and streaming video.
June 6, 2024
If You Want Microlearning, Think About Learning Objectives
We instructional designers are trained to think about learning objectives from the very beginning of a project, to design backwards from the outcomes we...
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Search Large Creative Commons Images from the Chrome Omnibar
When I’m doing a creative project (or just working on a presentation) I am always looking for large, beautiful photos bearing a Creative Commons...
Did You Know? A Simple Trick to Save Time and Improve Your Course Evaluations!
As faculty, you likely spend several hours every week carefully reading, evaluating, and grading student work. Research shows that students report higher course...
The ‘Angry Birds’ Guide to Online Lesson Design
(This post is part of a series called “The Connected Class Community”). A popular reason for exploring gamification in online learning is because we...
“The Commons”: The Importance of Talking Out of Turn
(This post is part of a series called “The Connected Class Community”). One essential part of human communities has always been a central meeting...
The Connected Class Community [C3]: An Approach to Online Course Design
Our university is evaluating Learning Management Systems right now, and comparing the features of Blackboard 9.1, MoodleRooms Joule, and Instructure‘s Canvas LMS has...
“Free” Points for Free Work? Incentivizing Students Giving and Receiving Help in an Online FAQ
Image via Wikipedia Did you know you can save time and effort by starting a Frequently Asked Questions Discussion Board in your course? Do...
Just an Idea: Google Human– Google Earth for the Human Body
Update! What began as a pie-in-the-sky idea was actually put into production as Google Body Browser, a 3D WebGL powered app that showed the...
Second Life– How Virtual is it? Scenes vs. Skills
Image via Wikipedia I recently got an email from a colleague who wanted to explore the idea of developing Second Life scenarios for educating...
Reflecting on Reflection in Ed.
Image by lrargerich via Flickr In Jez’ e-Rambler blog, he meditates on the importance of reflection in education. Researchers have long known that reflection...
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